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Meet Trevor, a 13-year-old boy in 1981 whose vibrant imagination drives a turbulent journey of self-discovery. As he deals with adolescence and all that goes with it, Trevor begins to explore what it means to be himself, influenced by his friends, parents and his musical idol.

This engaging and creative interpretation of the classic novel by Miguel de Cervantes transports audiences between time periods: from the fascinating universes created by Cervantes to the parallel realities of our current world. Along the way, the universally beloved dreamer Don Quixote helps bring new meaning to our triumphs and defeats, reawakening our forgotten desires and celebrating the joys of great literature.

One of the cleverest comedies by one of the greatest writers in the English language, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST introduces us to Jack and Algernon, two charming bachelors who are each living a double life, aided by a fictional alter ego called “Ernest.” But when they fall truly in love with a pair of proper young women, will they be able to bring an end to the charade and convince the formidable Lady Bracknell that they are suitable candidates for marriage? After all, “the one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.”

In 1920s rural Connecticut, Phil Hogan cobbles together a living on rented farmland that he
hopes to someday own outright, when his landlord Jim Tyrone comes into his inheritance.
Hogan has driven away his three sons, but his towering daughter Josie understands her
father and can hold her own. When the two learn that the land may be sold out from under
them, they concoct a plan to save it that ultimately reveals the secret desires that two
lonely souls have kept hidden for years.

Four intelligent, attractive and opinionated young urban professionals—a doctor, an actress,
a psychologist and a neurobiologist studying the human brain’s response to race—search for
love, success and identity while also attempting to navigate the intricacies of racial and sexual
politics. This whip-smart new play taps into current cultural conversation in an enthralling and
provocative way, taking on deep questions of the nature of prejudice with razor sharp wit.

On a cross-country trip from New York to the west coast, Vince and his girlfriend Shelly decide
to make a stop at his grandparents’ rural Illinois home. But when they arrive, neither his
grandparents, Dodge and Halie, nor his father Tilden and uncle Bradley seem to recognize
or remember him. As Vince searches for answers, truths begin to emerge that reveal a deep
corrosion of this fragmented family living in a forgotten America.